Flickering Of Hope | ZAPFIC MONDAY Week 29 | (5/9/22) - Prompt: candle

I'm back participating again in the ZAPFIC 240-character challenge. This week's #29 prompt, candle, brought back instances of various associations with the flickering of candles in my childhood. We all have memories of reading by candlelight. Some instances were for pure fun. Others were due to necessity.

@felt.buzz changed up the challenge a bit to create a new format: ZAPFIC Monday. The rules and link to the challenge post are below if you'd like to participate.

As previously done, I leave here my wordcounter screenshot showing the exact word count for my Zapfic Monday story:

Below is my story.

It would be dark soon. Drew wrote quickly in his binder, then smiled at his mom.

"Finished!"

His hope pierced deep. "Great, but it's the last candle. We have to move."

"Not there!" he yelled.

He'd heard about the stigma of being homeless.

^{Free image by Ri_Ya at Pixabay}

If you'd like to participate, here is the official post: Hurrah! It's #ZapficMonday! Write me a story in 240 characters or less!

RULES:

• Post to the Freewriters Community.

• Use #freewritehouse and #zapfic tags.

• Please use a word/character counter (if you search for word counter on the internet or in your phone's app store you will get a big choice!) wordcounter.net and include a screenshot. This makes it easier for you and @feltbuzz!

• Use the prompt provided as you see fit (use your imagination)

• You have 3 days (until Thursday 23h59 GMT) to post a Zapfic (a story written in 240 characters or less) using the prompt given.

• Try to tell a complete story if you can!

• The story should only be 240 characters long (including spaces)

Thanks,
@justclickindiva

Happy rest of the week everyone with whatever your endeavors.

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